It is the NYT not acting within proper journalistic standards in order to present a story that says something they want to say - we are a nation of haters and worst of these are people who support Trump with their MAGA stuff.

That mentality creeps into their reporting until it is no longer accurate.

Trump is in charge of what “fake news” means to his supporters, and that’s anything and everything. It’s to twist it to his whim, to confuse and repurpose. Fake news meant stories that are put out purely to trick people, like pizza gate. Entirely made up things in an effort to cause chaos, have fun, etc. Trump didn’t like that and found a new meaning for it, anything he doesn’t like. Anything that is negative about him. And every story and tweet a journalist puts out there that gets ahead of the facts or gets them wrong, regardless if there is a correction, only helps him in his charade.

And AGAIN you seem to believe that “fake news” is only a product of Trump and he is the only one who calls the balls and strikes.

Fake news is incorrect news that distorts the truth or outright misrepresents the truth, whether by accident or by design OR by bad journalism.

When the NYT says that Jussie Smollett was attacked the reader will believe that it is a foregone conclusion that he was and that there are Trump supporters running around Chicago attacking black gays, just because “this is MAGA country”.

They will NOT say, “Well, there seems to be some question still about this.”

No. Smollett said he was attacked, they reported he was attacked instead of reporting that he said he was attacked. That’s sloppy reporting or having an agenda in that instance. That is not fake news no matter how much you want it to be.

You posted a NYTs article and complained. Not about Smollett but about those telling the story.

I wasn’t talking about Trump. I was talking about you, and anybody who isn’t Trump telling the witch hunt story. Why would you cry witch hunt? Because HE knows? How does that make you know? Not to mention that investigation thing that’s still going on.

I have only and ever said that I have seen ZERO proof that Trump was involved in any collusuion with the Russians.

That Robert Mueller MAY end up getting Russian internet hooligans off the internet would be a good thing, though I seriously doubt he will in any way stop the Russians from trolling the internet in the future, if they want to. But there are MILLIONS of Americans who troll the internet, too and they haven’t shut down our democracy.